New York Times Magazine amends story after ER doctor who allegedly died of coronavirus never died

A diary published in New York Times Magazine claiming that a 26-year-old medical resident died of the coronavirus was amended this week after it was learned the medical resident is still alive and was never sick with the virus.

An article in the magazine posted on April 14 with the headline “I’m an E.R. Doctor in New York. None of Us Will Ever Be the Same” told the story of a 26-year-old medical resident in a New York City hospital training program that died from the coronavirus.

“Later in the day, a co-worker pulls me off to the side,” the emergency room doctor’s diary said. “A resident at another New York City training program died from coronavirus this week, she whispers. I search the internet for any news articles about this and find nothing. Maybe it’s a rumor, I tell myself before falling sleep that night. The next morning, I see the posts on Twitter. He was only 26.”

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